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Child abuse figures reported in Government’s Budget for the coming fiscal year contained a glitch, showing 179 less cases for 2010 than the actual figure.
Families Minister Glenn Blakeney revealed the error as MPs studied his Ministry’s spending, dur...
DATE: Mar 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A British author who worked in the Bermuda prison service has written a book about the murders of Police Commissioner George Duckett, Governor Sir Richard Sharples and his aide Captain Hugh Sayers.
Mel Ayton is a specialist in writing about conspirac...
DATE: Mar 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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Encouraging private industry to “step up too”, Mr Roban said Government had been a stimulator and a generator, not a “job creator”.
Over the past four years, he said, surpluses had not materialised, but “Government has still had...
DATE: Mar 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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Environment Minister Marc Bean criticised the One Bermuda Alliance for suggesting things in the Reply to the Budget that Government is already doing.
His speech was punctuated by frequent heckles from Government MP Glenn Blakeney of “copycat politics...
DATE: Mar 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Delivering the United Bermuda Party’s Reply to the Budget, the party’s finance spokesman Charles Swan noted that he and Kim Swan are the only two remaining MPs elected under the UBP banner.
“We truly know the meaning of doing more with less as we con...
DATE: Mar 03, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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Government spent nearly $52 million more than it expected last year, with hospital subsidies costing $18 million more than originally budgeted.
A supplementary estimate tabled in the House of Assembly showed revealed costs for the financial year 2011...
DATE: Mar 03, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Autism has become a public health crisis, affecting one percent of the world population according to Bermuda Autism Support and Education (BASE)
Speaking to the Hamilton Rotary on Tuesday, Autism Consultant Susannah Cole said that worldwide, around 6...
DATE: Mar 03, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s seniors gained little in Premier Paula Cox’s Budget for the coming fiscal year.
So believes former Bermuda Council on Ageing head Marian Sherratt.
She said she agreed with the rollback announced by the Premier on land tax and vehicle licenc...
DATE: Mar 03, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Cash from the Education budget will be awarded more carefully to educational groups to stamp out abuse of Government’s grants system, the Ministry has announced.
Nearly $1 million will be allocated via a new fee for service model, following complaint...
DATE: Mar 02, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The Opposition yesterday renewed its call for an independent standards board for schools, as it accused Government of squandering the chance to radically improve public education.
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards, in his reply to the Budget, said...
DATE: Mar 02, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
